Transportation Modeling Forum June 13, 2012
Forum Agenda Activity-Based Model Overview Comparing the ABM with Four-Step Model ABM Structure, Components and Flow 2
Activity-Based Model Overview Clint Daniels 3
Model Structure Transportation Policy Transportation System Land Use Models Border Model Visitor Model Special Models Environmental Impact ABM Traffic Assignment System Performance CVM Economic Analysis 4
Modeling Choices in ABM 1. Select Primary Destination 2. Select Departure/Arrival Period 3. Select Primary Mode 4. Select Stop Location 5
Tours vs. Trips Work-Based Tour Zone 1 Home-Based Work Trip Zone 3 Non-Home-Based Trip Zone 4 Origin Home-Based Shop Trip Work Tour Zone 2 Non-Home-Based Trip Primary Destination Non-Home-Based Trip Primary Destination Intermediate Stop 6
Mode Choice Consistency Zone 1 Work Tour Zone 3 Work-Based Tour Zone 4 Zone 2 7
Temporal Consistency Zone 1 Work Tour 8:00am -5:00pm Zone 3 Work-Based Tour Zone 4 2:00pm Zone 2 2:30pm 8
Increased Sensitivity Why ABM? Richer Analysis Environmental Justice / Social Equity More Intuitive Modeling Approach New Model <> New Answers 9
ABMs in the U.S Developed & used Being developed 10
ABM Model Development Status All Core Models are Complete Calibration Fall 2012 Online Summer / Fall 2013 PECAS Complete Forecast Underway CVM Spring 2013 11
Comparing the ABM With Four Step Models Wu Sun 12
Four Step Transportation Model 1 2 Trip Generation Trip Distribution 3 4 Mode Choice Trip Assignment 13
Development Schedule Year 1 Pop Synthesis & Long-Term Models Coordinated Daily Activity Pattern Simplified Tour Frequency Models 4-Step Integration and Testing Year 2 Remaining Tour Frequency Models Remaining Mobility Models Joint & Allocated Tours Destination and Tour Mode Choice Year 3 Stop Frequency Stop Location Choice Trip Mode Choice Parking Location Choice Year 4 Special Market Models Calibration & Validation Integration with PECAS Integration with Truck, CVM and EMFAC Sensitivity Testing Documentation and Final Report 14
Sharp Hospital Not work Qualcomm Two cars Work 1 Tour East Lake Elementary School 1 Tour Not school Worker or student status (from census) Work and school locations selected Household auto ownership level chosen Daily activity patterns chosen jointly Mandatory tours generated 15
2 Joint Tours Zoo, Market 8 to 11; 3 to 4 7 to 7 1 At-work Tour Karl Strauss 12 to 1 8 to 4 1 Non-mandatory Tour Jimmy s House 5 to 6 2 Joint Tours Zoo, Market 8 to 11, 3 to 4 Mandatory tours are scheduled Non-mandatory travel is generated Destinations for non-mandatory tours are selected Non-mandatory tours are scheduled 16
Drive to zoo; walk to market No stops Shared ride 2; Walk Drive to work; drive to lunch Starbucks near office Drive; Drive; Drive Transit to school; bike to Jimmy s No stops Transit; Bicycle Ride to zoo; walk to market No stops Shared ride 2; Walk Mode choice for all tours Stop frequency; stop location; stop time Trip mode choice 17
Modeling Travel Choices 18
Monte Carlo Draw Predict the probability and cumulative probability of each alternative Auto Transit Non-Motorized Prob. 0.8 0.05 0.15 Cum Prob. 0.8 0.85 1.0 Draw a random number between 0 and 1 e.g. Rand()=0.82 Select an alternative if the random number falls in the cumulative range of that alternative Pick Transit as 0.82 falls between 0.8 and 0.85 19
ABM Structure, Components and Flow Wu Sun 20
SANDAG ABM Features Full set of travel modes Unique regional features: such as border crossing model A set of special market models Integrates with the commercial vehicle model (CVM) Integrates with the land-use model (PECAS) 21
SANDAG ABM Features An advanced CT-RAMP platform that model individual travel choices with behavioral realism Detailed temporal & spatial resolutions Sensitive to socio-demographic changes Explicit intra-household interactions 22
Surveys & Data I Household Travel Behavior Survey 2006/2007 Transit On-Board Survey 2009 Air Passenger Survey (SDIA) 2009 Parking Inventory Survey 2010 Parking Behavior Survey 2010 Border Crossing Survey 2010 Visitor Survey 2011 Special Events Survey 2011 23
Household Travel Behavior Survey Household activity-travel diary Trip/tour starting/ending time Trip/tour purposes Trip/tour locations Trip/tour modes... Person attribute file Gender, age, ethnicity Employment status Occupation... Household attribute file Income Auto ownership Household size Household composition 24
Surveys & Data II 2000 Census and Census Journey-to-Work American Community Survey Toll transponder ownership data Land use data Built environment data Traffic counts and transit boardings 25
Treatment of Space: TAZs and MGRAs MGRA (grey lines) 21,633 MGRA 4,682 TAZs MGRA: Master Geographic Reference Area (Grey Lines) TAZ: Transportation Analysis Zone (Orange Line) 26
Development Schedule Year 1 Pop Synthesis & Long-Term Models Coordinated Daily Activity Pattern Simplified Tour Frequency Models 4-Step Integration and Testing Year 2 Remaining Tour Frequency Models Remaining Mobility Models Joint & Allocated Tours Destination and Tour Mode Choice Year 3 Stop Frequency Stop Location Choice Trip Mode Choice Parking Location Choice Year 4 Special Market Models Calibration & Validation Integration with PECAS Integration with Truck, CVM and EMFAC Sensitivity Testing Documentation and Final Report 27
Population Synthesizer Create control targets Create Sample HHs Balance HH Weights Discretize HH Weights Allocate HHs Create validation measures Validate PopSyn 28
Person Types NUMBER PERSON-TYPE AGE WORK STATUS SCHOOL STATUS 1 Full-time worker 18+ Full-time None 2 Part-time worker 18+ Part-time None 3 Non-working adult 18 64 Unemployed None 4 Non-working senior 65+ Unemployed None 5 College student 18+ Any College + 6 Driving age student 16-17 Any Pre-college 7 Non-driving student 6 15 None Pre-college 8 Preschooler 0-5 None None 29
Household Income Types TYPE DESCRIPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME (2006 $) 1 Low income 0-$30k 2 Low medium income $30k - $60k 3 Medium income $60-100k 4 High income $100-150k 5 Very high income $150k+ 30
Development Schedule Year 1 Pop Synthesis & Long-Term Models Coordinated Daily Activity Pattern Simplified Tour Frequency Models 4-Step Integration and Testing Year 2 Remaining Tour Frequency Models Remaining Mobility Models Joint & Allocated Tours Destination and Tour Mode Choice Year 3 Stop Frequency Stop Location Choice Trip Mode Choice Parking Location Choice Year 4 Special Market Models Calibration & Validation Integration with PECAS Integration with Truck, CVM and EMFAC Sensitivity Testing Documentation and Final Report 31
Daily Activity Pattern Type DAP Mandatory Non-mandatory Home At least one out-of-home mandatory activity (tour) and any other activities No mandatory activities; at least one out-of-home non-mandatory activity (tour) No out-of-home activities (tours) or absence from home/town 32
Activity Types TYPE PURPOSE DESCRIPTION CLASSIFICATION ELIGIBILITY 1 Work Working at regular workplace or workrelated activities outside the home. Mandatory Workers and students 2 University College + Mandatory Age 18+ 3 High School Grades 9-12 Mandatory Age 14-17 4 Grade School Grades K-8 Mandatory Age 5-13 5 Escorting Pick-up/drop-off passengers (auto trips only). Maintenance Age 16+ 6 Shopping Shopping away from home. Maintenance 5+ (if joint travel, all persons) 7 Other Maintenance Personal business/services, and medical appointments. Maintenance 5+ (if joint travel, all persons) 8 Social/ Recreational Recreation, visiting friends/family. Discretionary 5+ (if joint travel, all persons) 9 Eat Out Eating outside of home. Discretionary 5+ (if joint travel, all persons) 10 Other Discretionary Volunteer work, religious activities. Discretionary 5+ (if joint travel, all persons) 33
Scheduling 1. Schedule Work Tour 2. Calculate residual time windows 3. Schedule Discretionary Tour < 7:10 1-Work 7:30 A.M. 5:00 P.M. 2-Disc > 75:00 9 P.M. 5:00 23:00 4. Schedule trip departure times 34
Treatment of Time On the demand side: half hourly Traffic assignment: 6 TODs NUMBER DESCRIPTION BEGIN TIME END TIME 1 Early A.M. 3:00 A.M. 5:59 A.M. 2 A.M. Peak 6:00 A.M. 8:59 A.M. 3 Early Midday 9:00 A.M. 11:59 A.M. 4 Late Midday 12:00 P.M. 3:29 P.M. 5 P.M. Peak 3:30 P.M. 6:59 P.M. 6 Evening 7:00 P.M. 2:59 A.M. 35
Development Schedule Year 1 Pop Synthesis & Long-Term Models Coordinated Daily Activity Pattern Simplified Tour Frequency Models 4-Step Integration and Testing Year 2 Remaining Tour Frequency Models Remaining Mobility Models Joint & Allocated Tours Destination and Tour Mode Choice Year 3 Stop Frequency Stop Location Choice Trip Mode Choice Parking Location Choice Year 4 Special Market Models Calibration & Validation Integration with PECAS Integration with Truck, CVM and EMFAC Sensitivity Testing Documentation and Final Report 36
Travel Modes 37 Choice Auto Drive alone GP(1) Pay(2) Shared ride 2 GP(3) HOV(4) Pay(5) Shared ride 3+ GP(6) HOV(7) Pay(8) Nonmotorized Walk(9) Bike(10) Transit Walk access Local bus(11) Express bus(12) BRT(13) LRT(14) Commuter rail(15) PNR access Local bus(16) Express bus(17) BRT(18) LRT(19) Commuter rail(20) KNR access Local bus(21) Express bus(22) BRT(23) LRT(24) Commuter rail(25) School Bus(26) Tour Mode Trip Mode
Development Schedule Year 1 Pop Synthesis & Long-Term Models Coordinated Daily Activity Pattern Simplified Tour Frequency Models 4-Step Integration and Testing Year 2 Remaining Tour Frequency Models Remaining Mobility Models Joint & Allocated Tours Destination and Tour Mode Choice Year 3 Stop Frequency Stop Location Choice Trip Mode Choice Parking Location Choice Year 4 Special Market Models Calibration & Validation Integration with PECAS Integration with Truck, CVM and EMFAC Sensitivity Testing Documentation and Final Report 38
Model Results Work-Based Tour Zone 1 Zone 3 Zone 4 Origin Work Tour Zone 2 Origin & Primary Destination Primary Destination Tour Data Intermediate Stop HH # Per # Tour # Purpose Origin Zone Destin. Zone Outbound Stop1 Zone Return Stop1 Zone Mode Outbound Time Return Time 1023 1 1 Work 1 3 0 2 Transit 7 :30AM 5:00 PM 1023 1 2 Work-Based 3 4 0 0 Walk 12:00 PM 1:00 PM 39
Standard Model Output Average Daily Traffic (ADT) 40
Customized Model Output Travel Time Analysis 41
Model Calibration 12.0 10.0 Intermediate Stop Average Distance to Tour Primary Destination Distance (miles) 8.0 6.0 4.0 2.0 Estimated Observed 0.0 Tour Purpose 42
Validation Report Model Validation 43
ABM Resources TMIP ABM Webinars-http://tmiponline.org/ SANDAG: http://www.sandag.org/models Contact: Wu.Sun@sandag.org 44
Feedback https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/sandagforum 45
OPEN DISCUSSION 46 46
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